Crocodile Stitch Flower: Free Pattern

Crochet Pattern by B. Hooked Crochet, Copyright 2013.

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This pattern is written in US crochet terms

One of these Crocodile Stitch Flowers by B.hooked Crochet would make sweet embellishments when made with Vanna’s Choice yarn!

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Abbreviations:

Ch – Chain

Dc – Double Crochet

Hdc – Half Double Crochet

Sc – Single Crochet

To print a list of all crochet abbreviations to keep in your crochet notebook, check out my quick guide here:

Pattern Notes:

I absolutely love this crochet flower! It offers height, depth, detail, everything you want from a crochet embellishment. The best part about it is that you can work it up from start to finish in about 2 hours. Alright, so it’s not exactly the crocodile stitch but with my lack of floral knowledge, I wasn’t sure what flower it closely resembles. You’ll find that it is pretty similar to the crocodile stitch however, the foundation had to be modified slightly to allow for the flower formation. Now with that out of the way, let’s get hookin’!

Your finished flower will consist of 20 petals and measure approximately 4″ accross and 2″ tall depending on how you wrap your flower in the final stepss.

Row One:

Ch 80 + 1

Row Two:

Sc in second chain from hook and each stitch accross (80 stitches)

Row Three:

Ch 7 (3 chains for one dc and 4 chains for the repeat pattern)

dc in 4th stitch from end of work

*ch 4; dc in 4th stitch from previous dc * Repeat to end of work

Row Four :

ch 1

Each petal will be worked into the chain space using the following stitch pattern – sc, hdc, dc, dc, dc, chain 2, dc, dc, dc, hdc, sc. Repeat this sequence in each chain 4 space all the way accross.

Flower Formation:

At this point you should have a long strand of work with 20 flower petals.

Finish off leaving a strand of about 8 inches. You will use this extra yarn to stitch the flower together in the end.

The variation in your flower occurs in how you roll your work. If you want a smaller and taller flower, you will want to roll your flower tighter with the sc layers right on top of each other. This example can be seen in my white flower pictured above. If you need a larger, rounder flower you will want to roll your flower looser and form the sc layer above each other rather than right on top of each other. An example of this is the dark blue flower pictured above.

Thread your long strand of yarn with your darning needle and begin rolling the first four petals. Now secure this section by stitching it two or three times. I use a simple whip stitch to accomplish this. At this point you should have decided how you want your finished flower to look. As described above, if you want a smaller and taller flower continue wrapping your flower keeping the sc row as straight as possible. If you want a larger flower, wrap slowly while positioning the sc layer directly above the sc layer. You will want to reinforce the design as you go along by whip stitching it several times until you have reached the end of your work. Reinforce the very last petal by adding a whip stitch. Tie off your end and your done!

I hope you enjoy your finished flowers as much as I do! Please feel free to leave me your comments/questions.

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Janet

I love these flowers 🌸. I am stuck however at putting it together. Do you have a tutorial for that part or a video?

I love this pattern! I made my first Rose 🙂
I’m a Beginner and was able to interpret and read and crochet this beautiful rose. I have a picture, but don’t know how to attach it to these comments. Thank you soooooo much for this Rose pattern.

I love this pattern! I’ve never been able to make a rose before, now I make them all of the time with this pattern. I mostly use them on headband earwarmers. I even used one once to decorate a gift bag! The way I roll mine is simply roll up the sc row, but instead of using a long string and sewing it, I use hot glue. I just put a thin line along the sc row (a few sections at a time) and start wrapping around. In the middle of the flower, I put a small drop of hot… Read more »

Hi Ashlea!
Thank you for your recommendation. I realize it can be difficult to print something from a web page. I hope to be able to offer printable versions of my patterns in the future.

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Sabrina Bogan

I’m real excited about crocheting this flower. I totally love your wagon wheel flower video. I was a bit nervous that this one did not have a video, but I’ll let you know what comes of my attempt on this crocodile stitch flower.

Hello! Thank you for sharing this beautiful pattern. I’m a beginner and am having trouble understanding row 3 instructions. This is what I understand. Chain 7, double crochet in 3rd stitch from end of work, chain 4, dc in 4th stitch? Repeat ch 4, dc 4th stitch until end of work.

Brittany I absolutely love how simple you make this both instructions and step-by-step photos. However, when it gets to forming the flower, I’m lost. Got the folding part, but where do we stitch it together — at the base of the petals, at the very bottom of the stitches, at the top of the base? Please HELP with more instructs & pics.

I’ve made a bunch of these. I love to hook them on a bobby pin and wear them in my hair. Thanks for the pattern. 🙂

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Liz J

The pattern is lovely but I’m having trouble with the wrapping part-it would be enormously helpful to have a few photos of that part of the process as it’s crucial to how the flower ends up! I have attempted it three times now and have ended up with an ugly mess 🙁 (and no, I’m not a beginner)

This was just fantastic! I really love making these! They are so beautiful and the pattern and instructions you created were so easy to follow! Thank you for your hard work and taking the time to share it with all of us!

This is beautiful! Thank you for creating the pattern. This is almost identical to an heirloom garden rose: specifically, the Duchess of Portland rose, in full bloom (one of my aunts grew them – gorgeous!).

Hello! I followed the pattern just fine until the ‘flower formation’ part. What do you mean by ‘roll the petals’? Are you starting in the middle of the flower and working out? Where are putting your whipstitches?

Love these roses…prettier than most I’ve seen. Just purchased a shawl pattern with this stitch a few days ago. Now I’m anxious to stitch it. Will probably make one of these for practice first. Thank you.

I would like your permission to share this pattern and picture with our Busy Hands 4 Christ group. We make hats and scarves for an orphanage in Kenya, Africa. We do not sell our items. The ladies in our group are at varying levels and like to see pictures of how the items look. This is a beautiful flower and I hope I am able to teach the ladies how to make it to embellish our hats! Thank you so much.

It’s a beautiful flower…can I share this pattern with my friend? She’s looking for this flower’s pattern, and I think she can do/use it. I was wondering, do you have another flower’s pattern? The easiest one would be helpful, since she just learn to crochet. Thank you so much for sharing 🙂